Piotr Górzycki

Name:

Piotr Górzycki

Date of birth:

9.05.1981

Sex:

Man

Where you live (city/country):

Gdynia, Poland

Nationality:

Polish

What is your marathon personal best?:

03:10:42

Where and when did you run it?:

25.09.2011, Warsaw Marathon

How many marathons did you run?:

9

Why did you choose to run the ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam?:

In year 2011 I gained "Crown of Polish Marathons" (event which consist of finishing 5 major marathons in Poland within 2 years time). Then I have decided that next 42k run will be done abroad.

A friend of mine have encouraged me to participate in Rotterdam Marathon, claiming that fast track and great atmosphere will help me to run sub 3 hours marathon.
I believe he knows what he says as he participated in Rotterdam in 1989 and finished with result 2:45:45.

How did you first hear about the marathon in Rotterdam?:

My running mate, advisor and nieghbour - Andrzej Krzyszkowski [60 years old amathor runner] asked me to register him in ABN AMRO MARATHON ROTTERDAM 2012, it was just a bait for me. I couldn't stop thinking about this event and I have registered myself as well :)

Have you previously taken part in Rotterdam?:

No

What are your expectations of the forthcoming ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam?:

My expectations were clear.
Taking into account my progress in 42K run:

10.10.2010 ,03:45:10
24.10.2010, 03:34:40
17.04.2011, 03:25:59
11.09.2011, 03:17:03
25.09.2011, 03:10:42

It was clear for me that 15.04.2012 in Rotterdam shall be sub 3 hours.

Unfortunately I got injury, that has excluded me from training for 3 months and right now I do not know what to expect.

I think I will keep in my mind a motto: "A marathon is a race without race, colour, religion, sex, prejudice, nationality, hate, where everyone starts as an equal, and everyone finishes as a winner"...I just want to finish and enjoy my run.

More to that I hope I will be participating in the event which will end up with a new world record! (Mosop, Kitwara , Kirui ..go for it!!!).

How long are you staying in Rotterdam and what do you want to see in the city?:

We have a plans to make a one week trip across Netherlands. We will stay 3 days in Rotterdam (after main event we just want to hang around, grab a bottle of cold Jupiler and do some sightseeing), in next days we are going to visit Haag, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and come back to Poland.

What would you like to say (in your own language) to other people who are running or would like to run the marathon in Rotterdam?:

Życzę wszystkim udanego biegu i pobicia rekordów życiowych w szczególności mojemu koledze Andrzejowi Krzyszkowskiemu, który w wieku 60 lat chce uzyskać czas w maratonie poniżej 3h. Powodzenia Andrzej!

(I just want to wish everybody successful run and breaking personl best, I especially keep my fingers crossed for my colleague Andrzej Krzyszkowki who wants to finish marathon race sub 3hours at age of 60! Good luck Andrzej!)